SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED WITH ANTECEDENT ADHERENT LEUCOMA - A RARE ASSOCIATION

Purpose: To report a rare association of sympathetic ophthalmia with a n antecedent adherent leucoma. Method: A 40-year-old patient with an a dherent leucoma developed sympathetic ophthalmia in the fellow eye, 15 years after the occurrence of a perforated corneal ulcer. Results: In travenous pulse dexamethasone therapy followed by tapering oral predni solone led to complete resolution of the disease process in the sympat hising eye. Conclusion: Patients with an adherent leucoma subsequent t o a perforated corneal ulcer may remain at an increased risk of develo ping sympathetic ophthalmia during their lifetime.